Montenegro is no longer under your control, nor the control of your clans. Today, justice belongs to the people, not to the political elites that you, the Skaljar, Mojkovac and Kavak clans created.
This is stated in the reaction of Defense Minister Dragan Krapović to the announcement of the leader of the Party of European Progress (SEP) and former Prime Minister Duško Marković, who said earlier today that the arrest of Montenegrin soldiers in Kosovo is a test of trust in the army.
"I am reacting to the statement of former Prime Minister Duško Marković, who marked his mandate by turning the security sector of Montenegro into an outpost of criminal clans, whose roots are not only inside the country, but also outside it. His concern for the security sector today, after he and his close associates have been collapsing every aspect of institutional integrity for decades, it seems more than hypocritical. Where was that concern when, two days before the parliamentary elections, automatic weapons were distributed from military warehouses, ammunition and explosives - without any records, under closed cameras? What kind of country were you trying to build when instead of laws and procedures, you built a system based on threats, crime and intimidation," the statement said.
Krapović said that Marković did not care "even when the funds of the Ministry of Defense were used with falsified invoices to finance unconstitutional actions, such as the brutal attack on the citizens of Budva in 2020".
"That repressive landing, which was carried out by your closest associates - Veselin Veljović, Zoran Lazović, Suzana Pribilović and others - will remain remembered as a symbol of your shameful rule. And while your henchmen were beating and arresting innocent citizens, you declared that the problem in Budva would be solved "in fifteen minutes". Where was your concern for media freedom when the IP addresses of the Ministry of Defense and the Intelligence and Security Directorate were used to take down media portals like 'Vijesti'? When your people, like Dejan Perunicic, illegally eavesdropped on opposition leaders, journalists, church dignitaries and citizens? Have you forgotten the shameful portal 'Udar', which served to slander and discredit anyone who did not answer to you?" it is written in the announcement.
Krapović stated that Marković's "fight" against crime ended in bloodshed.
"During your mandate, 96 people were killed, 42 in criminal confrontations, of which six were innocent bystanders. People were blown up in broad daylight in the center of Podgorica, while you said that 'no honest citizen was killed'. Mr. Marković, your statements they were not only offensive - they were a reflection of a system that cared more about the interests of criminal clans than the safety of citizens," he added.
Krapović pointed out that today we live in a time of catharsis and purification.
"The institutions are finally doing their job. Those who used to walk away unscathed or were rewarded with positions are now accountable before the law. It is a process that, rest assured, we will carry out to the end, regardless of how much you and your allies try to stop us Mr. Marković, we will not take your 'concerns' seriously, because they are not motivated by the interests of the people, but by the fear that your system of lies and crime will finally be exposed you work in the interest of Montenegro, but instead you chose to serve the interests of the clans," Krapović said.
"I tell you: Montenegro is moving forward. Your era of abuses, threats and criminal privileges will never return," he concluded.
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